Good Neighbor Policy
Definition
The Good Neighbor Policy was a foreign policy adopted by the U.S. during President Franklin Roosevelt's administration, pledging non-intervention in Latin American affairs.
Analogy
Imagine if you had a neighbor who used to always interfere in your family matters but one day promises to stop doing so and instead offers help when needed. That's what the U.S. did with Latin America through the Good Neighbor Policy - it stopped intervening and started cooperating more.
Related terms
Monroe Doctrine: A principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US.
Roosevelt Corollary: An addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt asserting that the U.S. might intervene in the domestic affairs of Western Hemisphere nations to maintain stability.
Pan-Americanism: A movement that seeks to create, encourage, and organize relationships, associations and cooperation among states within the Americas.
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What was the Good Neighbor Policy?
What was a direct consequence of President Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy?
What was a significant impact of the Good Neighbor Policy on interwar US foreign policy?
What was a key difference between the United States' policy of Isolationism after World War I and its Good Neighbor Policy towards Latin America in the 1930s?
What was significant about President Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy?
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